linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 15:02:26 +0100
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Konrad Wilhelm Kleine <kkleine@...hat.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        kashyap.desai@...adcom.com, sumit.saxena@...adcom.com,
        shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid

On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 2:46 PM Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> The churn level will be very high.

Nobody is planning to reformat the entire kernel, at least not until
the tool is close enough to the kernel style, which will take a while.

> Until clang-format has an opt-in mechanism, I do not think clang-format
> should be used.
>
> .clang-format should be moved to staging/ to reflect its not being ready
> status.

What is not ready about it?

It is a fairly useful tool that some people is already using, either
for full file formatting or for sections within their editor.

Cheers,
Miguel